MEDIA RELEASE(Live At The Lion)

November 19, 2008 in USA

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MEDIA RELEASE
DYA SINGH
SA�s WORLD MUSIC AMBASSADOR
PRESENTS TWO LIVE CONCERTS IN ADELAIDE
Launching new CD: �Live At The Lion�

Dya Singh, Adelaides� home-grown world music phenomenon has been away from the SA music scene in Adelaide for a short while but have been busy on the international front with extensive tours each year since 1999 taking them to SE Asia, Africa, UK, Europe and North America.

Dya Singh the group singer and director is now regarded by his global community as �the� leading Sikh musical identity worldwide. He features in August on ABC Radio National�s Spirit Of Things program and podcast feature on the Sikh religion
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/spiritofthings/default.htm

Since forming in Adelaide in 1992 the group has released 15 CDs. �Live At The Lion� is a �live album of world music recorded last November at Nexus Cabaret Space at the Lion Arts Centre in Adelaide.

Friday 18 August : Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre
Lion Arts Centre cnr North Tce & Morphett St. City Bookings 82124276 www.nexus.asn.au

Saturday 19 August Higher Ground Arts Space
(ex IMAX Theatre) 274a Rundle St Adelaide Bookings 82322570 www.higherground.org.au

�The folk & world music scene in S.A. in the 1990�s was a great place to begin a group of this kind but to be a professional act and to achieve more we have had to travel overseas to festivals, venues and where the interest is in our music. We believe we are great ambassadors for Adelaide & Oz whenever we travel, promoting our unique Aussie multicultural lifestyle and love of music and the arts�. states Dya Singh

Dya Singh group cites highlights of recent tours to have been a performance at the Royal Albert Hall in front of Prince Charles and a major concert at The Smithsonion Institute in Washington DC as worthy of mention�The group has also recently appeared at major music festivals in Canada in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto and at Singapore�s Esplanade Theatres. 2006 has seen the group appear at the Woodford Festival, Commonwealth Games Arts Festival, Brisbane Arts Festival, Comm-Bank India Trade Conference and a special UNESCO Concert in Melbourne..

The two concerts will present the exciting blend of sufi-style qawwalis, devotional songs, bhajans, Aussie-raags, folk songs, fusion pieces and improvised music that the group has become famous for. The music as always� is energetic, uplifting, hypnotic and has been described as �food for the soul�.

Musicians for the two concerts will include most of those who have been part of the Dya Singh team over the last few years helping take �Australia Sikh World Music� to the rest of the planet..:
    Dya Singh:             Group director/ Lead vocals & harmonium.
    Dheeraj Shrestha:   Tablas,
    Harsel Singh:          Support vocals and dance
    Parvyn Singh:         Support vocals and dance
    Keith Preston:         Bozouki, Santoor & Bohdran,
    Quentin Eyers          Didgeridoo & guitars,
    Lucy Langham:        Flute
    Josh Bennet           Guitar & Dilruba.

IMAGES/PRESS CUTTINGS/RECORDINGS AVAILABLE
For further media information about the concerts please contact:
ARTBEAT MANAGEMENT: Dya Singh Music Group:
Tel 08 8352 4618 Mob: 0418 839 264.
Email:artbeatkp@aol.com Website: www.dyasingh.com.au

Dya Singh CD�s available for sale now at www.ethnicisland.com

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